Hospital Strengthening Program (HSP)
Hospital Strengthening Program (HSP) is a continuation of Hospital Management Strengthening Program (HMSP), which has been implemented in government hospitals since 2015 to ensure readiness towards the quality improvement of hospital services through self and joint assessment using ‘Minimum Service Standards (MSS)’ tool. In addition to hospital strengthening grant by MoHP, NSI is providing grant to fill gaps not covered by the MoHP/ MoSD grant.
Objective:
The short-term objective of this program is to identify existing gaps and helps to develop action plan scientifically and long-term objective of the program is to establish National Standardized Assessment and Monitoring system of the hospitals.
Program Hospitals:
This program will be implemented in different level of hospitals except in Health post and Tertiary Level hospitals.
Program Components:
The major program components and the activities of Hospital Strengthening Program are as follows:
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2. Hospital Grant Support |
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| 3. Capacity Development Support (Province) |
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HSP Coverage:
The HSP has been implemented into 97 different level of hospitals.
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Secondary A |
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Local Level Upgraded |
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| Bagmati |
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| Gandaki |
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| Lumbini |
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| Karnali |
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| Sudur Pachim |
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| 62 | 26 | 4 | 5 | |